Exxon contracts deepwater GoM pipelay from Technip for Julia

June 5, 2013
Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) has contracted Technip (PARIS:TEC) for work at the Julia field in the Gulf of Mexico’s Walker Ridge area at 2,100 m (7,200 ft) water depth.

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PARIS – Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) has contracted Technip (PARIS:TEC) for work at the Julia field in the Gulf of Mexico’s Walker Ridge area at 2,100 m (7,200 ft) water depth.

Technip will provideproject management, engineering, fabrication, installation, and pre-commissioning of more than 48 km (30 mi) of 10.75-in (27.3 cm) outer diameter insulated flowlines, steel catenary risers, and flowline end terminations.

Technip’s Houston center will provide project management, with detailed flowline design by Genesis, flowline and riser fabrication in Mobile, Alabama, and installation in 2015 using theDeep Blue pipelay vessel.

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